JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 13, 2025) – Dr. John Simecek, director, Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine (CHRM), was awarded the Civilian Service Commendation Medal by Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Jennifer Buechel, Nurse Corps,...

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed” (Washington, 1901, p. 217).As the most senior and final remaining civilian galley employee at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, Michael Jennings,...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 13, 2025) – Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Biberston, Medical Corps, of Casper, Wyo., department head, Expeditionary and Trauma Medicine (ExTrMed), was recently selected as Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Junior Officer of the Year for 2024.The...

On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Alpha conducted a change of charge ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.Master Chief Petty Officer Mario L. Lyons was relieved by Master Chief Petty Officer Robert E. Flowers as the EMF command master chief in an indoor...

FAIRBANKS, Ak. – (Feb. 18, 2025) A thick blanket of white snow covered the environment as clear directions rang out in the cold, with the breath from the medic’s mouth forming frost on his eyelashes in temperatures well below zero degrees. The pounding rhythm of a Black Hawk helicopter thumped...

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Tongues – and tails – were wagging at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay as news traveled down the halls one paw at a time; it was official, the American Red Cross Animal Visitation Program kicked off, Jan. 22, 2025.The inaugural visit began in the command suite boardroom...

The Navy is looking at the future of warfare and with solutions of how to treat wounded are being explored. Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50 stationed at Naval Station (NS) Mayport recently received casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) training from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command...

There was a heightened sense – and scent – of collaborative operational readiness training for U.S. Navy and U.S. Army personnel recently.Navy hospital corpsmen, along with Navy Medical Corps, Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps officers assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor,...

Every day at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, a civilian staff member works to protect patients and fellow staff from a microscopic adversary.Ms. Chelsea Mull serves aboard the clinic as an Infection Preventionist and leads her fellow staff members in establishing a proactive, preventative culture...

A staff member serving aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point makes the safety of patients receiving medical care her daily mission.Ms. Brittney Perkins, a General Schedule Civilian, serves as the Patient Safety Manager aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point and ensures the facility meets...